Well its been weird being here by myself in a tiny apartment. I am not use to that at all. I am accustomed to my family being there bugging me. My mom asking me questions or my dad bothering me. Its been hard not having my sister around and talking to her about things. When I got here I was thinking to myself What the fuck was i thinking. Can I really do this for a whole year. I new that I have to I can't be a quitter I have to try because I feel awful if I don't. The first obstacle that I over came was flying. I don't like to fly I hate having no control over where I am at especially when you are thousands of feet up in the air. I did it I flew for 12 hours without stopping and just calming my anxiety.
I am excited that I have found other americans that are working here as well. Yesterday I hanged out with another teacher who is from new york. We decided to try the korean beer call Cass and Soju which is equivalent to vodka. It does not seem to be very strong but you feel it pretty fast. The beer was pretty good not horrid and its cheap.
I have also been introduced to the elementary school it was so strange. I can't wear my regular shoes i have to take them off and used flip flops. They feed you for lunch all korean food which is okay and I don't like kim chi its overrated LOL they luv it they pile it on like crazy. I expected spicier but its not that bad actually. (Oh and my first night here we went to a chain restaurant called Vips and I had a tortilla. It was good with guacamole which suprisingly was good. Apparently in Seoul there are mexican restaurants.) Yesterday at school they freaked out because apparently i was drinking tea from the vice pricipals cup. I thought it was hilarious but they were upset. It was a nice cup but did not realized that it had an owner. I kinda felt bad for my co-teacher they were very upset with her. Another interesting thing is that they are interested in blood type and your age. Apparently I am not 27 in Korea I am 28 and they thought it was weird i did not know my blood type. They have not seen a Latina in ages so they look at me like an exotic being. They are very intrigued by my skin color they did not know if I was white or black. LOL!
I also rode the bus I thought LA bus drivers were crazy this bus drivers beat them. They luv to go fast. The drivers here in Korea are very fearless they merge like crazy even if they see a car coming. The person that picked me up of the airport he almost got in a car accident because he decided to u-turn in a wrong street. One thing i might say is that they know how to park in small spaces while they backing up into them.
Another thing that has been hard to get used to is finding food to eat that is recognizable. Everything is in Korean and they only sell korean ingredients.I did get some condiments that I know like parsley, bay leaves, salt and pepper. I decided to make pasta and got some cheese. Well that was a big mistake it was so awful it tasted like old cheese it was disgusting. I even decided to try eat some chips because I was craving a salty snack well i got cheetos and it turns out it was korean bbq flavor. LOL! i was disspointed...
Today I will be going to go an walk around Ansan City and see what is around and I will take some pics I will upload to show the city i am staying at
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